Talk:aardworm

RFC discussion: August 2012–October 2017
Verbo entry: "An insignificant critter 'writhing in the dust', notably a mortal versus divinity". I really don't know what this means. "An insignificant critter" makes sense, though 'critter' seems to me to be not the best choice of word, after that I really don't know. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:31, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure either. It seems like if you call someone a 'worm' or a 'maggot' but I really can't say I've heard the word being used very often in that sense, if at all. 10:29, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * It looks like a metaphorical combination of earth, in the sense of earthly, and worm in its pejorative sense, calqued into Dutch. I suppose it might show up in poetry or some over-the-top religious tract (using what I've heard described as "worm theology": "without God's Grace we are all just worms writhing in the dust of mortal existence"). Seems a bit of a stretch, but, then, bad writing can be found in any language... Chuck Entz (talk) 14:21, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * But "earthly worm" in Dutch translates into, which would specifically indicate a worm from Earth (compare ).  is earth-worm, nothing more.  14:44, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I have used the word creature in stead. --DrJos (talk) 10:36, 27 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Has been cleaned up --P5Nd2 (talk) 13:20, 17 October 2017 (UTC)